Topic: Lilac ashtray - ID = ZBS (Zelezny Brod)

[seanduxbury]

Hi All.  Hope someone can help.  Found this ashtray (I think it is an ashtray but happy to be corrected on that) in the North West of England.  A delicate lilac colour, biomorphic/organic in design with a flat polished base.  Not many marks on the base which could point towards it being a modern piece.  Measures 17 cm across at the widest part x 6 cm tall and weighs 760 gms.  Any help much appreciated

[glassobsessed]

Looks like ZBS to me - Zelezny Brod. Companion piece to the vase shown here second row down, right hand side I expect:
https://www.20thcenturyglass.com/glass_encyclopedia/alexandrite_glass/neodymium_glass.htm

John

[seanduxbury]

Excellent new - found this example with label - not bad for a £2.25 charity shop find

https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/507977852/czech-bohemian-alexandrite-art-glass?ga_order=most_relevant&ga_search_type=all&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_search_query=zelezny+brod&ref=sr_gallery-3-31

[glassobsessed]

Always good to get confirmation with a labelled example. Is yours neodymium glass?

Presumably there are also examples with two colours like this vase.